In Pyrgi ( Santa Marinella, in the province of Rome), in the area of Temple B, excavations conducted by Sapienza University of Rome have unearthed a new fragment of an antefix depicting the face of the goddess Uni. The discovery was reported by Sapienza and the Pyrgi Etruscologia Sapienza project (dedicated to Sapienza’s excavations), as part of this year’s activities in which students and faculty from the university resumed archaeological investigations at the sanctuary.
Uni was the deity to whom Thefarie Velianas, the supreme magistrate of Caere, dedicated Temple B at the end of the 6th century B.C. This event is also documented by the famous Pyrgi Gold Tablets, now housed at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, which are among the most important written records of the Etruscan world. The new fragment, discovered right in the area of the temple dedicated to the goddess, adds another piece to our understanding of the sanctuary and its architectural decoration, more than 2,500 years after its construction.
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| In Pyrgi (Santa Marinella, Rome), the face of the goddess Uni has resurfaced: a new discovery in Temple B |
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